Alexander Rose (bishop)

Alexander Rose (1647–1720) was a Scottish scholar,

Sir, I will serve you as far as law, reason, or conscience shall allow me.

Episcopacy in Scotland was declared abolished and all bishops were deprived of their sees within the Church of Scotland

.

The nonjuring bishop and metropolitan

Rose continued to act as a

John Sage

. He consecrated five more bishops between 1709 and 1718.

Routinely suspected of Jacobitism, under severe pressure, and suffering declining number of sympathising ministers, Rose quietly led as the metropolitan of Scottish Episcopalians. He also tried to obtain the help of Church of England and Queen Anne. He was involved in the Jacobite rising of 1715, as a trustee of the "Old Pretender", James Francis Edward Stuart.

Death and family

He died on 20 March 1720 of apoplexy, and was buried in the grounds of Restalrig church east of Edinburgh. He married Euphan Threipland, the daughter of Patrick Threipland of Fingask, the provost of Perth. Their son John Rose fought in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, and was captured at the battle of Sheriffmuir, though he obtained clemency partly due to his father's influence.

Notes

1. ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; by Hew Scott
2. ^ Quoted in Clarke, "Rose, Alexander (1645/6–1720)".

References

• Clarke, Tristram, "Rose, Alexander (1645/6–1720)", in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 retrieved 6 May 2007
• Keith, Robert, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, (London, 1924)

Religious titles
Preceded by Colin Falconer	Bishop of Moray 1687	Succeeded by William Hay
Preceded by John Paterson	Bishop of Edinburgh 1687–1720 since 1689 nonjuring bishop	Succeeded by John Fullarton